5760 x 3840 px | 48,8 x 32,5 cm | 19,2 x 12,8 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
maggio 2015
Ubicazione:
Elan Valley, Powys, Wales, UK
Altre informazioni:
The Elan Valley is a beautiful part of mid Wales. The valley was flooded by Dams to supply water to east midlands. Part of Pen y Garreg dam is visible in this photograph. In 1892, the British government passed the Birmingham Corporation Water Act allowing the council to effect compulsory purchase of the total water catchment area of the Elan and Claerwen valleys (approximately 180 square kilometres (69 sq mi). The Act also gave Birmingham the powers to move more than 100 people living in the Elan Valley. All the buildings were demolished; these included three manor houses (two of which had links with the English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1812), [7] 18 farms, a school and a church (which was replaced with Nantgwyllt Church). Only landowners were given compensation. (source wikipaedia)
